How Sheikh Hasina met 7 of the people's basic needs
Dr. Pranab Kumar Pandey: The welfare state is meant to provide services to citizens, especially those living below the poverty line. That happens in developed states but not often in developing countries like Bangladesh. Prior to 2008, no government in Bangladesh took up programs to provide a social security net for the poor. That changed afte...
Leprosy patients, who were virtually excluded from society, thanked Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for integrating them back into society. "People suffering from leprosy were loathed in our country. There was hatred in the eyes of relatives, neighbours, and onlookers. Then we came to Dhaka. We were staying at platform 8 at Kamlapur Railway Statio...
Dr. Pranab Kumar Pandey The Awami League (AL) government came to power in 2008 and started implementing the Charter of Change. The main theme of the Charter of Change was to build a developed Bangladesh free from hunger and poverty, which would be based on Digital Bangladesh. With that goal in mind, the present government under the leadership of...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated the electronic payment system G2P (Government to Person) for disbursement of the allowances of Social Safety Net (SSN) programs for marginalized people including elderly and physically challenged persons and widows. Under the system, more than 6.6 million beneficiaries would directly draw the money e...
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